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YOU ARE WA
YOU ARE WATCHING THE RHODE SHOW
ON WPRI12.
WELCOME BACK, IN THE BUZZ.
JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAY
SEASON.
CONTROVERSIAL NEW TOY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET ME
INTRODUCE YOU TO BREAST MILK
BABY DOLL. DOLL MAKES SOUNDS.
BROUGHT BY SENSORS INTO THE
HALTER TOP THAT THE CHILD WEARS
SENSORS ARE LOCATED IN THE
ANATOMICALLY CORRECT SPOT
SETTING OFF THE SOUNDS WHEN
THEY ARE CONSIDERING IT
TO BE
GROUNDBREAKING AND A LEARNING
TOOL.
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING THIS?
ON THE COUCH?
DEFINITELY NOT.
I HAD, WHEN MY MOM HAD MY
YOUNGER BROTHER, SHE BROUGHT ME
A BABY DOLL WHEN I HAD A BABY.
I THINK THAT IS BRILLIANT.
WHEN SHE WALK THE BABY, I WOULD
ROCK THE BABY.
I DON'T THINK THAT I TRIED TO
NURSE THE BABY
WHY DO SOMETHING ELSE THAT
BABIES DO?
MAYBE I CAN SEE IT.
NIECES.
I HAVE TWO GIRLS AT HOME.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT I WOULD
EVER, EVER BOUGHT THAT FOR THEM.
I GET THIS, THE WHOLE BREAST
FEEDING THING.
PEOPLE OUT THERE, PASSIONATE
ABOUT IT, I UNDERSTAND.
PEOPLE, OH, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
BREAST FEED THINKING WE WERE
HORRENDOUS AT THE TIME
AS YOU WERE SAYING, THERE IS A
STICK-ON ***.
OBVIOUSLY SHOULD HAVE.
4-YEAR-OLD'S DREAM TO HAVE
THAT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
DOING.
JUST A DIFFICULT THING FOR
PARENTS TO DESCRIBE IT, AS A
PLAY DATE COMING OVER.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS A LITTLE
AWKWARD.
BUT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES
THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
NO, WE ARE NOT.
MICHAELA IS OUT WITH THE TOP
FIVE AT THE MALL.
WE WANT TO HEAR THEIR TAKE ON
TODAY'S BUZZ.
MICHAELA, WE THOUGHT, WHAT A
BETTER PLACE TO TALK ABOUT THIS
THAN AT THE LULLABY LOUNGE.
A CHANGING STATION HERE.
KIDS.
WE WANT TO KNOW TOP FIVE PICKS.
WHAT ARE THOUGHTS ON THE BREAST
FEEDING DOLL?
INFORMATION TOO SOON.
ONE THING THAT WE INTRODUCE A
BABY.
RAISE IT LIKE MARY WAS SAYING.
BUT TO GO THE EXTRA MILE AND
INTRODUCE BREAST FEEDING, LITTLE
BIT TOO MUCH INFORMATION, I
THINK.
FUTURE?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I AGREE.
IF YOUR KIDS SAID TO YOU, MOM,
DAD, WHAT IS THAT LADY IN THE
CORNER?
YOU EXPLAIN IT.
THEY ARE PREPARED.
TO ACTUALLY ALLOW THEM TO LEARN
AND TRAIN, THERE ARE SOME THINGS
THAT ARE FOR ADULTS AND SOME
THINGS FOR CHILDREN.
THERE IS QUITE THE DEBATE ON THE
RHODE SHOW FACEBOOK PAGE, I
NOTICED THIS MORNING.
INTERESTING COMMENTS GOING ON
THERE
KIDS.
IF I'M A FATHER, IF I HAVE A
DAUGHTER, I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT
TO INTRODUCE THIS THAT EARLY ON.
HAVE FUN.
STAY OUT LATE.
GET IN TROUBLE.
TO BE A KID.
YEAH, I THINK IT IS PUSHING IT A
LITTLE TOO EARLY.
HAVING THE KID ASSIMILATE IN THE
SAME MANNER AS THE MOTHER.
IT IS A LITTLE TOO SOON FOR ME.
TOPIC?
ADULTS HAVING.
PLUS, WHEN YOU GO TO KIDS
HOUSES TO PLAY, IT IS
INAPPROPRIATE I THINK FOR ONE
CHILD TO BRING IT TO ANOTHER
CHILD'S HOUSE
TO A WORLD FULL OF PERVERTS, NOT
A GOOD LOOK IN PUBLIC OR A
LITTLE CHILE TO MIMIC BREAST
FEEDING.
I'M OUT.
I THINK THEY ARE KIND OF
AGREEING THAT MAYBE IT IS A BIT
TOO SOON, AS THE CHILD GETS
OLDER OR SOMETHING, I'M SURE WE
ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES BUZZING
ABOUT THAT.
CASSANDRA MENTIONED, THERE IS A
LOT HAPPENING ON FACEBOOK.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT, GUYS?
LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN THEY
SAY A LOT HAPPENING, PEOPLE
TELLING OWN PERSONAL.
G-RATED ONES.
THIS DOLL IS CREEPY.
I THOROUGHLY ENJOY IN THE
WOMAN'S RIGHT TO FEED AND BREAST
MUCH.
MELANIE DAVIDSON SEES BOTH
SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT SAYS THIS
IS AN INTERESTING TEACHING TOY
FOR THOSE CHILDREN WITH LITTLE
BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO SEE
THEIR MOMS BREAST FEEDING.
HOWEVER, PROBABLY TAKE THE DOLL
OUT, PROBABLY NOT, IN PUBLIC.
DIANA SAYS, KEYED IN, MAYBE MORE
PEOPLE WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH
BREAST FEEDING IF THEY HAD A
YOUNGER.
A NATURAL THING.
WHY NOT TEACH OUR LITTLE GIRLS